November 9, 2013 e&m - electric guitar

Post date: Nov 9, 2013 2:53:27 PM

Join your friends and colleagues for the second meeting of the school year.

Invented in 1931, the electric guitar continues to be a major influence on popular music. Come join us as we investigate the science behind the electric guitar. The main component to any electric guitar is the pickup which electrifies the vibrations from the strings. We'll start with a little history then do some experimenting. To investigate the principles we'll build some one string electrified music making machines from simple materials. A fascinating project you can use as a demo or have students build their own.

- post meeting commentary / notes: the pdf below includes the information that was in the flier. In addition to that, we also had handouts for making an electric guitar & we discussed a few other items. Files with each of these pieces of information are included below.